Stoke boss Tony Pulis blasts Liverpool ‘diver’ Luis Suarez

Stoke players are not impressed by Liverpool forward Luis Suarez as he hits the Anfield turf

Retrospective decisions are made on a Monday and Luis Suarez should be punished

Stoke boss Tony Pulis

Pulis accused the controversial Reds striker of diving to try and win a second-half penalty.

Suarez threw himself theatrically to the ground after an attempted tackle from Stoke’s Marc Wilson. It capped an ugly game which saw six Stoke players booked by referee Lee Mason.

Potters boss Pulis said: “Retrospective decisions are made on a Monday and Suarez should be punished.

“The one in the penalty box was an embarrassment and how he wasn’t booked I don’t know.

“Suarez falling over in the box was really, really disappointing and that should be highlighted.”

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers said: “I haven’t seen the incident and so I can’t comment.”

The Reds head into the international break 14th in the table – still without a Premier League home win under Rodgers.

Rodgers added: “This is a club that has only won two Premier League games at Anfield this calendar year and it’s been nearly a year since the club has won consecutive Premier League games. So to still get the support and backing of the supporters with that type of record, there are not many clubs who’d get that.”

Stoke face an FA fine after six of their players were booked.

Robert Huth, Ryan Shawcross, Dean Whitehead, Charlie Adam, Michael Kightly and Jonathan Walters were all cautioned in a bruising encounter.

But Rodgers refused to criticise Stoke’s physical style.

He added: “They’re a bunch of big men who make it difficult for you. There’s no right or wrong way to play football.

“They choose to play a totally different type of game.

“But what I was proud of was that our young guys stood up to that and we coped while still trying to play our game.”

Stoke striker Michael Owen missed out on the chance of facing his former club after suffering a groin injury in training on Saturday.